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Mohamed Salah incredible stats this season get better as Liverpool star reaches Premier League record only Thierry Henry and Alan Shearer have beaten

talksport.com, 27 November 2021, 21:23
Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah continues to rack up the records despite being kept relatively quiet in a dominant 4-0 win over Southampton.

Salah has only been stopped from registering a goal or assist twice in his 18 games in all competitions this season, and today's victory was no different.

Sliding the ball across for an easy Diogo Jota tap-in, Salah helped Liverpool put the game to bed in the first half with his 25th goal contribution of the season, twice the number of any other Premier League player (17 goals, 8 assists).

The Egyptian king also put himself among another elite list, becoming the third fastest player to reach 150 goals and assists in the Premier League.

Salah slots in behind Alan Shearer and Thierry Henry in the charts, reaching a century and a half in 171 games, which is all the more impressive when you recall his relatively baron first stint at Chelsea.

Salah's rapid start to the season for Liverpool has seen him described as the best player in the world on current form, with his 25 goal contributions the most of any player in Europe's 'big five' leagues.

The 29-year-old has also scored in all but one of Liverpool's Champions League ties this season, becoming the club's record scorer in the competition with 32 goals in 48 games.

Salah looks well set to extend his advantage over Steven Gerrard's previous record of 30, and there's a similar story in the Premier League.

Didier Drogba's standing as the division's top scorer with 104 goals has been beaten by Salah's 108, with the Ivory Coast and Chelsea legend joking 'he wants to cry' at the thought of how far ahead Salah will end up.

In fact, Salah's first goal of the season came with a record itself, when he became the first player to score on the opening day of five consecutive Premier League seasons as he found the net against Norwich.

And most iconic of all for Liverpool fans was Salah's record set on October 24 when he became the first player to score a Premier League hat-trick against Manchester United at Old Trafford.

Unfortunately for supporters though, the most important record of all is yet to be broken.

Salah still hasn't put pen to paper to become Liverpool's all-time highest earner, as negotiations quieten down on a potential £500,000 per week contract extension.

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